Kashihara Jingu-mae, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture
Sakae Onsen
A convenient stop near Kashihara-Jingumae Station for a local sento with an outdoor bath and sauna. The draw is its location and old-school bathhouse feel, not a natural hot spring.
Check before bathing
- Opening hours
- Regional bathing listings give 16:30–22:45 and Wednesday closure. Nara Prefecture's August 2026 list confirms the bathhouse is operating, but check directly before a late visit. Current adult public-bath admission is ¥530.
Spring & water temperature
- Spring-source temperature
- Not applicable; no natural spring is confirmed.
- Bathing temperature
- Not published.
- Spring source
- No legally confirmed natural spring source.
- Spring classification
- Ordinary public bath; some regional information says well water is heated, but no natural-spring analysis is confirmed.
- pH
- Not applicable to a confirmed natural spring.
- Flow rate
- Not applicable to a confirmed natural spring.
- Water handling
- The bathhouse has several pools, an outdoor bath and sauna. Regional information mentions heated well water; this is not treated as a natural hot spring.
Bathing indications
Natural hot-spring indications do not apply without a confirmed source.
How to read a bath profile
Spring-source temperature and actual bathing temperature are kept separate. Each score is shown independently for comparison rather than collapsed into one overall score.
